One of the hardest decisions for new Investors in particular is what type of Real Estate Investment do I want? The advice I always give is that it doesn't matter, just pick a niche and "own it". I have talked with many people lured into flipping houses after all the "glam" on TV shows. You kno
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09/30/2010
This is a story we need to watch! NEW YORK – Sept. 29, 2010 – Analysts from Bank of America have a unique proposal: Instead of further funding TARP to help distressed homeowners hold onto their properties, give the money to property management companies that would then buy property and turn it in
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09/29/2010
Usually all entry level (new) Property Investors want to go out and look at single family homes as their first investment property. For some, this may be the way to go but depending on your intent with the property maybe a duplex fits your needs more. If the property investor is wantin
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09/23/2010
The other day, I was in an online Real Estate forum and one of the participants asked the group if something he wanted to do was ethical. A group of attendees decided to discuss the ethics of the situation. Later the same week, I received a call from a friend asking me if something she was
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09/22/2010
I was in my office doing some catching up while my wife attended a near-by seminar. I decided to clean out my junk mail and found a couple that I could not believe are still being circulated. Hope no one is falling for these! Enjoy these as much as I did - better than Sunday "funnies" - Numbe
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09/12/2010
When I went into my office today, I passed several other Real Estate offices in Fort Myers, Florida were closed. Sales offices at developments were closed. Am I crazy for going in to get caught up on a couple of things? Then i decided to check with my fellow Real Estate bloggers and to my joy,
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09/06/2010
Everyone's life has some area of "Gonna do this some day." In Real Esate Investment there are probably thousands of Gonna lines but these are some of my favorites: Gonna wait... for the prices to drop more. Gonna wait... for more tax credits and incentives. Gonna wait... for the stock market to
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09/03/2010
Like many of us in the wonderful world of Real Estate, I struggled with thoughts like "Do I stay or get out of this business?" "Should I go back to my old career of 21 years that I learned to hate the last fews years I was involved?" "Should I just lay on the couch and catch up on Oprah?" (
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09/01/2010
